It was basically the last failed attempt by anyone to stop the expansion of his power. Norway and Sweden had to pull an Enemy Mine just to challenge him, and it failed. After that he was the supreme king of "England, Denmark, Norway and some of the Swedes" as he himself put it.

The setting will eventually shift to North America.

It's right there in the title, after all.

Many chapters post-timeskip, pretty much confirmed that they will at least try to go there.

Thorfinn will die in a similar way to his father.

Killed by Skraeling arrows.

Einar is the same one from the Icelandic sagas

The party is headed for Iceland already. But, then Einar will also reunite with his own family. Then he will make an oath with Bishop Arnald in exchange for help with the expedition to Vinland. And then Arnald will call in the favor before the party is able to set sail again...

This would also fit in with the manga's theme of violence vs. non-violence. Einar hasn't achieved the same level of enlightenment as Thorfinn, so he would be willing to kill for an oath.

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